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Anterior spinal artery syndrome
Author(s) -
O'Moore Brian
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1978.tb02860.x
Subject(s) - medicine , electromyography , spasticity , anterior spinal artery , sensation , electrophysiology , weakness , patellofemoral pain syndrome , cardiology , sensory system , physical medicine and rehabilitation , anesthesia , anatomy , spinal cord , neuroscience , psychology , pathology , alternative medicine , psychiatry
Three patients are presented, each showing clinical and electrophysio‐logical findings indicative of the anterior spinal artery syndrome: sudden onset of nonprogressive weakness and spasticity of one or both legs, associated in one patient with pain and in all three patients with selective impairment of temperature sensation, radiological evidence of aortic calcification, normal sensory and motor conduction velocities and normal amplitude of sensory potentials, but diminshed amplitude of evoked motor responses. Electromyography showed widespread fibrillation in muscles of the leg in two patients and evidence of marked loss of motor units in all three patients.